Dear all,
Last weekend (Jan 11-12, 2014) we played the Masters in Antwerp, Belgium. (See announcement.) I am very happy to send you the results.
We had 21 players in the Masters Group, they played 9 rounds of 9 point matches in a straight Swiss system.
Result:
1/2 Paul Gilbertson, Paulus van Rooijen (7 out of 9)
3/7 Rogier van Gemert, Michel Lamote, Walter Meuwis, Bert Van Kerckhove, Johan Segers (6 out of 9)
We also had 9 players in the Amateur Group, they played a round robin of 5 point matches and a final.
Result:
1. Cem Fidan 6 out of 8
2. Nabil Antoun 6 out of 8
3. George Voinea 5 out of 8
4. Louise Vellekoop 5 out of 8
You can see a professionally made photo series on http://www.frankviergever.nl/
Paulus van Rooijen
Congrats to Paulus and Paul, hope to be there next year.
Thank you, Paulus and Paul (Baeyens), for this wonderful event!
Twelve players from the Bigelo rating list participated in the Masters group. Out of these twelve players, the five players with a rating of more than 1700 all had 6 or 7 wins out of 9 matches, while the seven players with a rating less than 1700 had fewer wins. Coincidence or not?